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B-24D Liberator aircraft 'Pete the POM Inspector', Lead Assembly Ship of 467th Bomber Group, US 790th Bomber Squadron, RAF Rackheath, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Mar-Oct 1944	B-24J Liberator bombers, C-47 Skytrain transports, and B-29 Superfortress bombers at Kagman Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944	British troops loading an Ordinance QR six-pound field gun through the side door of a Horsa I glider, location unknown, 1944.	Corsair fighters and Barracuda torpedo bombers aboard HMS Formidable, in the Atlantic Ocean off Norway, Jul 1944

Crew of battleship Missouri performing abandon ship drills, summer 1944; note OS2N-1 Kingfisher aircraft in background on port side catapult	Cruiser USS Nashville shortly after her repairs at Espiritu Santo, Jul 1944. Note the OS2U Kingfisher float planes on her catapults and her new Measure 33, Design 21D paint scheme.	D4Y2-S prototype aircraft, Yokosuka Navy Air Corps Oppama Base, Japan, summer 1944	Destroyed Japanese flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944

F-5B Lightning reconnaissance aircraft 'Stinky' at Isley Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944	F4U-1A Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-113 over Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 1944	German crew unloading bombs for Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers from a truck, Russia, summer 1944	German pilot Erich Rudorffer writing in the field in Russia, summer 1944; note Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber in background

Grumman TBF Avenger firing HVAR air-to-surface rockets at a United States test range, mid-1944.	Lockheed P-38 Lightning at a training base in the United States, mid-1944. Note wing mounted HVAR air-to-surface rockets.	Looking aft from the signal bridge of USS Lexington (Essex-class) with 40mm Bofors mount and two 5-inch/38 mounts as F6F Hellcat approaches for a landing, Jun 1944	Marmite cans with blood collected from rear echelon troops in England, United Kingdom were being transferred from Dodge WC54 Ambulance to waiting Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman for air transport to Normandy

P-47 Thunderbolts of the 19th Fighter Squadron share the airfield with Marine Corps TBM Avengers Isely Field on Saipan, Mariana Islands, mid 1944. Note incomplete Japanese hangar.	Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 42-28672 ‘Lois’ of the 513th Fighter Squadron armed with bombs and HVAR air-to-surface rockets, probably at Tour-en-Bessin Airfield, France, mid-1944.	Republic P-47N Thunderbolt 44-88335 armed with HVAR air-to-surface rockets at the Wright Field Test Center, Dayton, Ohio, United States, mid-1944.	SB2C-1 Helldiver bombers returning to USS Yorktown (Essex-class; CV-10), early Jul 1944